Manchester City vs Liverpool Preview

After starting their opening International Champions Cup games with losses to Borussia Dortmund, these English sides will be looking to get their preseason going with a win here.

Pep Guardiola has signed just Riyad Mahrez this summer and the Cityzens will still be without most of their World Cup participants in this game.

Guardiola was unhappy with their treatment at the hands of Dortmund who were putting in strong challenges against his players and he will be hoping that Jurgen Klopp doesn’t ask his own players to do the same.

Manchester City beat Liverpool 5-0 when they first met at Etihad last season, however, the Reds have since won the last three meetings against City including their home and away Champions League quarterfinal clash last season.

Liverpool suffered their first lost of the pre-season on Sunday when they were beaten 3-1 by a young Borussia Dortmund side.

Loris Karius was at the centre of it again after a poor performance that ended in him spilling the ball to the path of a Dortmund player who scored the final goal.

Liverpool could welcome back Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah for this game, however, their match against Manchester United is a more realistic time for the Africans to return.

Joel Matip will also miss this game after injuring himself within 20 minutes of their match against Dortmund.

Naby Keita continues to look good, while Daniel Sturridge appears fitter than usual also so the Reds do have the players to cause City problems here.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Manchester City

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Southampton		0-1		Manchester City	13 May, 2018	English Premier League
W	Manchester City		3-1		Brighton & Hove Albion	9 May, 2018	English Premier League
D	Manchester City		0-0		Huddersfield Town	6 May, 2018	English Premier League
W	West Ham United		1-4		Manchester City	29 Apr, 2018	English Premier League
W	Manchester City		5-0		Swansea City	22 Apr, 2018	English Premier League

Liverpool

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Blackburn Rovers		0-2		Liverpool	19 Jul, 2018	Friendly
D	Bury		0-0		Liverpool	14 Jul, 2018	Friendly
W	Tranmere Rovers		2-3		Liverpool	10 Jul, 2018	Friendly
W	Chester FC		0-7		Liverpool	7 Jul, 2018	Friendly
L	Real Madrid		3-1		Liverpool	26 May, 2018	Champions League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Manchester City		1-2		Liverpool	10 Apr, 2018	Champions League
Liverpool		3-0		Manchester City	4 Apr, 2018	Champions League
Liverpool		4-3		Manchester City	14 Jan, 2018	English Premier League
Manchester City		5-0		Liverpool	9 Sep, 2017	English Premier League
Manchester City		1-1		Liverpool	19 Mar, 2017	English Premier League